The fur instantly hardened, transforming into thick, jagged spikes of solid stone that formed an impenetrable, biological fortress around its body. The acid slammed into the stone, hissing violently as it began to melt the armor.
But the Badger possessed an absurd, biological anti-venom resistance. It simply ignored the toxic fumes and the searing heat, rapidly shedding the melting stone spikes and instantly regrowing new ones from its essence reserves, tanking the catastrophic damage with terrifying tenacity.
In retaliation, the Badger slammed its massive, glowing claws into the earth. It didn't aim for the Dreadwing itself, it aimed for the space beneath it. A localized shockwave of gravity-crushing force erupted upward, visibly distorting the air, attempting to rip the agile insect from the sky.
